Somewhat marred by garbled punctuation, there is a very interesting take on the Romm vs Pielke Jr. (and Wigley and Green) fracas on Scitizen.
I think Pielke et al. can be accused of taking an unstoppablist position, and that is behind Romm's objections. This is all kicked off by the Raupach, Canadell work that I, too, have been citing.
The commenter may be unaware of Pielke Jr.'s odd intellectual history.
We need to come to grips with the fact that matters are getting worse, not better, though.
"Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors."
-Jonas Salk
Sunday, April 20, 2008
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RP goes considerably beyond unstoppableness to lay back and enjoy it.
unstoppablism.
Hey, I am trying to coin a word here. Don't mess with it.
> odd intellectual history.
link please? I'm a latecomer.
> We need to come to grips with the fact that matters are getting worse
you mean earth&climate, or human sociology matters, or?
(i assume you mean the former but don't know.)
Re: Roger Jr., sorry, Anna, I don't think I can do his position justice. Anyway, he seems to object to anyone else's efforts to summarize. Just follow his blog and you can get the idea.
Things that are getting worse: our greenhouse trajectory is definitely worse than anticipated. I think our capacity to deal with it isn't getting any better either.
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